Adjustable support for telephone-receivers.



PATENTED OOT. 29. 1907.

R: HIGGINS. ADJUSTABLE SUPPORTFOR TELEPHONE RECEIVERS.

APPLIOAIION FILED imam, 1907.

Ell wanker- I 237i tn use:

ROSS HIGGINS, OF OANFIELD, OHIO.

ADJUSTABLE SUPPORT FOR TELEPHONE-RECEIVERS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 29, 1907.

Application filed February 27. 1907- Serirtl No. 359.623.

T all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Ross I'IIGGINS, a citizen of the United States, andresident of Oanticld, in the county of Mahoning and State of Ohio, haveinvented new and D useful improvements for Adjustable Supports [or'lelephone-Receivers, of which the following is a speciticaadjustablyattached the horizontal bar 12, which bar is tion.

The object of my invention is to provide means [or supporting atelephone receiver in such a manner that 1 it can be moved to a positionnear the ear of the person using the transmitter, and when so moved thecircuit will be closed and when returned to its original position willbreak the circuit which shall be adapted for application to teleplnmeapparatus such as now is used and holding the receiver by hand, therebyleaving both threaded at its top or upper end and is so formed for thepurpose of connecting tin guide cap 10, which guide cap when broughtinto proper position as illustrated in Fig. 2 forms a proper guide forthe longitudinal movemcnt and rotary movement of the lower receiversupporting bar II. To the top or upper cndot' the bar 11 is held inlixod adjustment by means of the thumb-nut 13. The horizontal bar 12 isprovided at its outer end with an aperture, through which the upperreceiver support ing rod l-l passes and is held in tixed verticaladjnstment by means of the thnmb-nut )5 or its equivawhich will do awaywith the annoyance and trouble of lent. To the top or upper end of thebar 14 is adjust- 1 ably attached the bar in which bar is held in linedadjustment by the thumb nut 17. The bar 16 is provided with the curvedreceiver holder portion 18, and for the hands of the person using thephone free to make any l provided, which arms are attached to the rod 16in any memorandum, or do any other act during the time he is talkinginto the transmitter, and while the receiver is at 20 his ear.-

purpose of clamping the receiver the spring arms 19 are convenient andwell known manner. The rod 16 is The accompanying drawings illustrate atype of the 1 away from the receiver holder 18 or in other words toinconvenienee is had when the device is brought into purpose ofpreventing the spring arms ll) from moving provide a means for properlyclamping the receiver 21,

1 provide for the pn)pcrclampingotdifferent shaped telel A phonereceivers. it will be understood that some respective view showing myimproved holder attached to i a wall telephone and ready l'or use.

Fig. 2 is a similar view showing my improvcnnmt attached to a desktelcphone. o ltig. 3 is a detached view of the base socket andillustrating a portion of the lowcr receiver supporting rod, and theguide cap. Fig. 4 is a detached view of the holding clip designed tohold the receiver.

Similar numerals oi reference indicate corresponding parts in all theligurcs of the drawing.

In the accompanying drawings, 1 represents an ordinary and common desktransmitter base and support, which is constructed in the usual mannerand within tion. tion and is connected to the support in the. usualmanner. The transmitter base is preferably located upon the plate 3, thebottom or under side of which is provided with the non-nn-tallic stripor lining 4, which is for the purpose of preventing the marring oi thel'urniturc upon which the transmitter base together with the (lll ltthljllt parts belonging thereto is placcd. To the plate ii is attachedthe socket or short tube 5, by means of the integral or attached llango(i and the screws 7. The plate t is ptovldcd with any dcsircd number ofretaining clips 8 and l), which clips arc lot thc purpose of connectingthe base I togclhcr with the dil'l'crcut parts connected thereto to theplate 3, so that. all of the parts itself has no particular rel'crcnceto the present inven- 1 The transmitter 2 is also of the usual construcll l l l l l l l l l l l ccirers are straight, a portion of their length,and others are tapered, but. by providing the two arms or spring lingersI am enabled to properly hold the receiver regardless of its shape.

When it is desired to bring the receiver into position lot use. it iselevated until the pin 2:. strikes the bottom of the cap it), at whichtime the pin is in position to t'lll l' the slot 33, thereby permittinga particular rotary movement of the supporting rod ll. and when the pin2. comes directly opposite the slot or recess Bl the rod it togetherwith the l't'(ci\'cl' is permitted to move dowmvard and the pin 22engage the slotnr recess 21 and hold the rod it against. rotarymovement, and when brought into this position the receiver is ready foruse. \\hen it is desired to ri-turn the receiver to the positionillustrated in dotted lines Fig. .l the rod ll togcllu-r with thedil't't-rcnt parts carried thereby is elevated until the pin 22 strikesthe bottom of therap al which time the rod ii is again free to rotateuntil it strikes the wall of the vertical slot 125 at which time the rodIt is [rmto llltlVl downward. the pin 2'. moving in the slot For thepurpose of bl'catkillg the circuit when the l'cccivcr is brought out ofuse the supporting rod [4 is provided with the collar 30 to which collaris attached the pin 27. and for the purpose of holding the. collar 26and the pin 27 in lixcd adjustment the pin should be screw thrtadcd sothat its inner end can be seated against the rod 1-1.

it will be understood that the pin :57 must be 80 adceiver be in properposition for its use. In Fig. l I have- I justed that when the receiveris thrown out of use and as the. receiver is dropped togeth r with thedif parts connected thereto the pin 27 will engage the (i1- Cuitbreaking and closing lever 23. which in this instance is the ordinaryreceiver holder ll-\'t'l. thereby enabling me to attach my improvedholder to the telcphones in common user and without any change ofconstruction whatever. lly providing the horizontal bar 12 and alsoproviding means for adjusting said bar longitudinally, the supportingrod llcan be adjusted or moved to or from the transmitter, therebyproviding a means for changing the distance between the receiver and thetransmitter:

It will be understood that the bar 12 should be so adjusted that thereceiver will not he in the way of the transmitter, but at the same timebe in such a position that a person can tall; into the transmitter andthe reillustrated myimproved receiver holder adapted for use for a wallphone and in this construction the bar 29 is clamped to the transmitterarm 30 hy means of the clips 31.

slot extends the pin 34, which pin engages the ends oi the Slot 33 whenthe receiver is brought into p sition to close the circuit. It Will beunderstood that all that is necessary to be done to bring the receiverinto position for use is to lift the receiver and its carrying arm 35vertically and move the receiver forward until y the ver- 1 one end 01the slot 33 engages the pin Iii tical movement of the rod 35, thecircuit closing and breaking lever 36 is released and when it is desiredto return the receiver to its normal position or out of use the rod 35is brought into a vertical position and peri mitted to move downwardtogether w ith the receiver, until the pin 37 engages the closing andbreak lever 36 It will be understood that the pin 37 should be ad- Uponthe bar 29 is rotatablvmounted the tube 32, which tube is provided withthe slot 33 through which 5 justed to the rod 35 so that the pin 37 willengage the l ver 36 wh n the receiver is brought into the posionillustrated in dotted lines or substantially so.

It will be understood that when the transmitter arm 30 is moved [or thepurpose ol' adjusting the transmitter all of the parts will he carriedwith said transmitter arm 30.

Having fully described my invention what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1 A support for telephone receivers, comprising the combination oif avertical tube provided with a horizontal slot: and it vertical slot,said horizontal ,slot leading from p the "ticztl vslot and its oppositeend communicating with 1 :t rece located below the horizontal slot, abar partially locztlcd within the tube and provided with a pin, said pinadapted to engage the various slots in the tube, a horizontal rod,supported by the rod provided with the pin and support a telephonereceiver and adjnstahly attached to i the horizontal rod, said secondrod provided with a pin adapted to engage the circuit closing lever, andmeans for holding a receiver, substantially as and for the purposespecified.

. in a telephone receiver holder: the combination of a so t held infixed position, said socket: provided with two \erl. all slots and ahorizontal slot, said slots communicatin with each other, telephonereceiver supporting bars :itljustubly connected together one of the barsprovided with :1 pin adapted to engage the slots in the socket, a capsecured to the socket and adapted to limit the upward movement of thetelephone receiver supporting bars, means connected to one oi thetelephone receiver bars adapted to lltllt'l the receiver-,a pinadjust-ably attached to the bar (.'Ill'i,\'lllj the receiver said pinadapted to engage the circuit clo'sim. lever, substantially as and forthe purpose specified.

7 In testimony that I claii' the above, I have hereunto subscribed myname in the presence of two witnesses.

ROSS HIGGINS.

Witness s:

l. M. I-Lissnnr, Mv V. I3. Krxo.

